Valery Todorovsky - filmography and personal life (photo)

Undoubtedly, Valery Todorovsky is a man who in life has taken place in all respects. This is a talented actor, and scriptwriter, and director, and producer. He has a wonderful family, he adores his wife and children.

In his profession, he followed in the footsteps of his father - the famous film director Pyotr Todorovsky.

Biography

Valery Todorovsky was born on May 8, 1962 in Odessa. His father at that time worked as an operator at a film studio, and his mother developed her talent as a producer. The boy spent his free time with his father at the film studio. He liked very much to be there: he liked to look at the scenery, study the details, see how the process of installing cameras. Especially he liked to look at how his father works.

"My father is not a supporter of strict rules of education. I had a lot of free time and I was happy that I had a wonderful childhood, which I spent in such a beautiful city as Odessa. But later we were forced to move to Moscow and, despite the constant employment of the pope, he took the time to convey to me very important life values, and he did it in a democratic form, "Valery Todorovsky recalls with nostalgia.

Years of study

It should be noted that the first attempt at Todorovsky's entry into the VGIK at the director's faculty was unsuccessful. After that, the young man began to try his hand to learn from the screenwriter, and he managed to do it with brilliance. He thanks fate for what he did to this faculty.

Producer

And then the perestroika broke out, which abolished censorship and proclaimed glasnost. Overnight, all became producers. People of creative professions wanted to have complete freedom of choice and film their own. At the same time, Valery Todorovsky was no exception.

On an equal footing with Livnev and Tolstunov he creates his own film studio "TTL". As a director, he begins to work on the films "Hearse", "Evening Lovers", "Moscow Nights", which bring him fame and recognition.

Artist ... this is not the main thing

To try on the role of the artist Valery Todorovsky, whose filmography is represented by only a few films, in which he directly participated, specifically did not intend. He saw himself as a director, although it seemed to him that in this field of high skill he had not yet reached.

It should be noted that Valery Todorovsky, whose filmography began with the film "Strange Woman", filmed in 1977, is now more passionate about working on television than in movies. He explains this by demonstrating the essence and specifics of relations between people on the set much harder than before. On television, in his opinion, people can be told about what is called "with feeling, with alignment."

Valery Todorovsky, whose private life is hidden from the public "with seven seals", began to professionally engage in directing and producing after working on the series "Queen Margot", the installation of which he did just brilliant. At the same time, he notes that he can not simultaneously combine the above hypostases at the same time.

"Sometimes my personality splits. When dominated by one - I'm a director, and when the other is a producer, "Todorovsky says.

Cinema

Already someone, and Todorovsky Valery, whose films are so beloved and revered by Soviet and Russian audiences, always stressed the authority and significance of Russian cinema. He always saw the set as a springboard for the realization of various kinds of ideas. At the same time, he always tried to make films with meaning that make the viewer think about life values.

At some point Todorovsky focuses on working on television, when a huge number of serials began to appear. And, although he already had experience in this direction of the film industry, having once removed the series "Kamenskaya", he intends to develop his talent. As a result, he produced a whole arsenal of quality TV series, among which: "The Diary of the Murderer", "Brigade", "Lines of Fate", "The Red Chapel", "Men Do not Cry."

Leisure

Todorovsky admits that the central place in his life is occupied by cinema and his family. He is absolutely not a public person, which confirms the fact that the director is not a frequent guest at social events. Valery also can not sit idly for a long time and indulge in idleness. Todorovsky simply does not have any other hobbies, except for the cinema.

He does not even insist on observing family traditions, and even chooses a place at the dinner table depending on his mood.

Personal life

About his personal life, the actor tries not to spread. However, from the sharks of the pen, it's rare that you can keep it secret, so some information about him and his family still became known.

The first wife Todorovsky Valeria - the daughter of the famous writer Victoria Tokareva. Natasha (that's her name), like Valery, was a student of the scenic faculty of VGIK. The future married couple met at the university canteen. The marriage lasted long only thanks to the tolerance of Natalia Tokareva, who was able to be lenient to the extravagant actions of her husband. However, this was not enough to save the family, which eventually disintegrated. At the same time Valery does not like the soul in his own children, trying to give them as much time as possible, although this is not always the case.

Today's Todorovsky's wife is a young actress Yevgenia Brik, with whom the director met on a screen test of one of the series.

Valery Todorovsky not so long ago became the father for the third time - he had a daughter, who was named Zoya. The director admits that he likes to read fairy tales before bedtime.

Thus, it can be confidently asserted that even now Valery Todorovsky has not lost the status of a caring father of the family and a successful producer, screenwriter, director. At fifty, with a tail of years, he is full of energy and energy, which is spent exclusively on making films and working on television. The Russian viewer will be able to see many more of his new projects in the cinema.